 "Congress leader, five others booked for widow's gangrape")
A local Congress leader and five others have been booked for allegedly raping a widow here, police said today.
The FIR was registered yesterday against Congress leader Yadram Chandel and five others Ompal, Raghu, Rizwan, Salman and an unidentified man at a city police station here, police said.
According to the widow's complaint, Chandel and his five accomplices gangraped her on October 6, they said.
On October 6, he took her to a secluded place near Ghanuwala village on Mandawar Road in a car in which 5 other persons were also sitting and raped her, she said.
The matter is being probed, police said.
The FIR was registered yesterday against Congress leader Yadram Chandel and five others Ompal, Raghu, Rizwan, Salman and an unidentified man at a city police station here, police said.
According to the widow's complaint, Chandel and his five accomplices gangraped her on October 6, they said.
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The 39-year-old victim, a resident of Mohalla Shambha in Bijnor, alleged that she had approached Chandel, former President of city Congress Committee to help her in getting a government accommodation, which he had promised to her.
On October 6, he took her to a secluded place near Ghanuwala village on Mandawar Road in a car in which 5 other persons were also sitting and raped her, she said.
The matter is being probed, police said.